Clandestine

Chapter 2

[A/N]

there are some feral cats in my neighborhood that are making more kitties right outside my front door and very loudly I might add

"hey, what about your car, you never told us what happened." Patrick asked me as we were getting out of the car. "oh yeah, so I was going down stairs when my phone started ringing. I ran back up stairs and picked it up even though I didn't recognize the number, and the woman on the other line told me that my car was for some reason, in a parking lot of a Walgreens in Indiana." I explained annoyingly. "wait why was your car in Indiana?" joe asked seeming confused "I have no fucking clue." I looked at Patrick he seemed sort of like he felt out of place or left out. "hey, so, um what's your first class?" I asked him trying to stay cool. "Oh, uh, its chemistry." he looked like he was nervous to talk to me. "Great, that's my first class too, I'll show you there." joe bumped in breaking the tension that was building up the longer we stared at each other.

as I walked into Algebra 1 I immediately saw Andy, my other bestfriend. "hey, Andy!" I yelled across the classroom. he looked over and smiled but that smile disappeared quickly when we both noticed josh walking towards me. (oh shit) "what are doing here you emo fag?!" he yelled at me as I looked at him

"this is my class, and you have no right to call me a fag, especially since you sort of were my first."

"no I wasn't."

"yeah you were, I could explain it in full detail if you want me to? ok where do I start hm, we were at..." "ok fine stop." he interrupted me before I could go any further. "so you admit to being gay?" I asked, to be honest I kind of sounded like a smart ass. "NO......I'm admitting that I was experimenting....with different kinds of relationships." he whispered the last part. just then Miss Flack walked in, so I had to sit down before I could say something even more stupid.

As Andy and I walked to our next class I remembered Patrick and started towards the chemistry room. "Hey, where are you going?!" Andy yelled as I started running in the opposite direction then I was supposed to go. I didn't answer him, so he just followed me. "Patrick! Wait up." he and joe turned around to face me. "what's, your, next, class?" I asked Patrick, out of breath. "its journalism." he said as he looked at the piece of paper in his hand. "cool that's my next class, its this way."

"so where are you from?" I asked

"Missouri. you?"

"I'm from here. my mom was from Florida but she moved to Illinois for college and met my dad."

"cool, I have some family in Florida.........im sorry this might seem really random and weird but are you straight?"

"oh, um that's ok, but no I'm gay."

"oh" it was pretty quiet for the rest of the walk to journalism, for being a high school hall way. when we got to class I sat down in my usual seat but Patrick just stood there. I looked around and saw that the only open seats where next to me or right up front so I motioned for him to sit next to me guessing that he didn't like sitting up front. he reluctantly sat down next to me. "what's wrong?" I whispered to him. "its that I thought it would be weird to sit next to you after our conversation." he answered shyly. "no, its fine. no need to feel weird." "thanks." "no problem." through out class I caught Patrick staring at me, but for some reason it didn't bother me.

we had lunch next. me and Patrick silently walked to the cafeteria, and met joe and Andy at our usual table. Patrick again just stood there. "you can sit with us. we're not going to bite." he finally sat down with his tray. during lunch joe, Andy, and I talked about the normal stuff we talked about like, our girl/boyfriends or weird shows we watch. Patrick seemed pretty out of place so I decided to ask him a question. "what kind of music do you like Patrick?" he looked up shocked that I was talking to him. "oh, like mostly alternative stuff like greenday, blink-182, or red hot chili peppers." "That's great, cause I was wondering if you would want to come to one of our band practices?" he was stunned that I invited him to hang out with us. "Yeah that would be awesome! what time is it?" "its at 7:30. joe and I will pick you up around 7:15 if that's ok?" he nodded "yeah that's fine"

the rest of the school day we didn't have any more classes together, but me and him still needed to get a ride home from joe. the car ride home was quiet except for boulevard of broken dreams playing on the radio. Patrick and I got out of the car when joe pulled into my driveway. "I can walk from here." Patrick said to joe before he shut his door. "I'll see you at 7:15 right?" I said before he could away. "yeah see then." he said as he walked towards the big house diagonal from my place.